Leaving London and downshifting to become a full-time parent and rural homemaker
I found a large sad and bendy looking piece of broccoli at the back of the fridge drawer this morning and an even sadder neglected piece of stilton cheese from Christmas (when, oh when will we learn that we never do sit around eating mounds of cheese, crackers and pickled onions during the festive season [...]
My local butcher stocks really good quality meat but doesn’t supply chunks of stewing lamb as by the time he has taken all the cuts of meat from the animal there is very little left to cut into pieces worth selling. For some reason though the supermarket does sell stewing lamb and so when I [...]
Mmm-mm. Whilst sorting out my cupboard I found 3 full bags of red lentils which is a lot for someone who only knows one recipe calling for red lentils. As we are keen to use up store cupboard supplies in light of my recent thoughts on food prices increasing but me being determined not to [...]
Rice flakes
Millet flakes
Toasted coconut flakes
Raisins
Mixed nuts (brazil, hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts)
Sunflower seeds
Pumpkin seeds
Chopped dried apricots
Chopped dried dates
Mix together & enjoy with milk!
This recipe for Christmas Chutney is taken from ‘Delia Smith’s Christmas’. I made it for the first time tonight and have included it because it was really easy & quick to make. I can’t, however, vouch for how tasty it is as it needs about a month to mature in the jar before eating. It [...]
We had a really good harvest of pumpkins. We planted just four small plants in the spring and by mid-October had ten lovely big orange fruits. Most we have given away as gifts to friends who visited from London but some we kept, made lanterns with and also some nice tasty treats.
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
A top [...]
I’ve just realised that I’ve stumbled upon a new improved way of feeding my children which has been mighty successful.
Instead of cooking a classic dinner such as spaghetti bolgnaise, fish fingers and mash etc with vegetables and then battling with them to eat up and finally, defeated hoovering most of the left overs up myself. [...]
We made homemade potato crisps which were very nice and tasty – they tasted almost exactly the same as a shop bough packet of kettle chips. We flavoured them with salt and pepper. It was quite a lot of effort for a smallish plate which was devoured in seconds but at least the kids now [...]
When our friend asked if there was anything needing doing in the kitchen the other day I told her no because I only had to make a bit of coleslaw before we were ready to eat two minutes later.
When she asked me how to make it I made a note to myself to add the [...]
(This is blatantly pilfered from my husband’s blog but luckily we exchanged vows in 2001 stating what’s mine is his and vice versa)
Ozficici Salsa
June 24th, 2007 by Bealers
For a while now I’ve been seeking the Holy Grail in salsas with my efforts to-date not really cutting it in both texture and subtlety stakes (though [...]